The "M&M Boys" were the duo of New York Yankees baseball players Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, who were teammates from 1960 to 1966. [a] They gained prominence during the 1961 …

Aug 17, 2021 · In an epic drama spiced with improbable plot twists, New York Yankees stars Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris dueled in 1961 to break Babe Ruth ’s Major League Baseball …

Oct 25, 2022 · Both Mantle and Maris were on track to break it. Ultimately it would be Roger Maris who broke the record with 61, after Mantle suffered an injury late in the season, leaving him …

Sep 19, 2022 · Known as the Yankees' M&M Boys, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle made themselves baseball legends in 1961 with their home run race. Ultimately, Roger Maris would …

Apr 2, 2020 · People wanted the charming Mickey Mantle to break Babe Ruth’s old 60-homer record in 1961, but it was his teammate, roommate and friend who made history.

Roger Maris (l) and Mickey Mantle's (r) home run race in 1961 even garnered the attention of former President Harry Truman. Maris began the season unostentatiously, hitting only...

Jan 6, 2022 · The Yankees needed a tie-breaking home run from Maris in the ninth inning to take the lead in the game and the series. The home run was Maris’s first hit of the Fall Classic.

Apr 21, 2021 · The great home run chase of 1961 between Bronx Bombers Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle — and the ghost of late Yankee slugger Babe Ruth — became so enthralling …

May 22, 2015 · In the summer of 1961, the Yankees’ Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle competed to break the home run record of a Yankee predecessor, the most famous baseball player of them …

May 12, 2012 · A “home run race” developed that summer between two New York Yankee teammates: Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. They were seeking to topple the venerable single …